Suspenders.



J. HOLTZMANN.

I SUSP-ENDBRS. APPLIOATIDN IlILED OCIT 5, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent; i

T all eohom z'timay concern Be it known that-I,"JoHN, HOLTZMANN, a

I citizen of the United States,- residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have has for its object to provide convenient suspenders of great strength whichfmay be produced at comparatively little cost, and which are more particularly intended for" use with mens overalls and thelike. I V

In carrying the invention into effect the shoulder straps and the rear suspender ends are, in each instance, formed; of two superposed plies of woven materlal, preferably stout denim or similar material, each of sald plieshaving its outer edges turned in and stitched down so that the sewed two-ply strip, from which the straps are to be formed, will have finished edges; thefedges of the upper ply of the strip being turned in downwardly, and the edges of the lower ply of the strip being turned in upwardly, these inturned edges being contiguously superposed in the finished strip." I The rear and shoulder strap portions of the suspenders are connected by a stripof webbing which is preferably introduced between middle por tions of the two plies of each of said straps before the said plies are stitched together.

Each of said strap portions of the Suspender will thus comprise a portion which in its attached condition lies parallel to the con- I necting webbingstrip, and the outer por tions of. each of said straps will then be folded over onto each other in acrossed direction, and then stitched down to permanently secure them together, The folding of the strips of fabricrwithinturned edges will preferably be efiectedby-.means of the improved sewing machine folder fully shown and described in; my application Serial No. 714,429, filed August 10, 1912. a

In the accompanying jdrawin g's Figure 1 illustrates the improved suspenders. Fig. 2

is a detail section on line 2+2 of Fig; 1',

showing the manner in which the connecting strip is attached to. each of, the strap portions of thesuspenders; Fig. 3 is aidetail section on line 3.3, Fig. 1.1 Fig. i is a detail perspectiveview to show the insertlon of the connecting strip between the plles of a strappartof the suspenders.

two-ply member constituting the shoulder straps of theisuspenders, '13 the two-ply; member constituting the rear strap portion of the suspenders, and 1 1 the strip of .webi I Patented J an. '7, 1913. Application filed October 5, 1912. Serial No. 724,160.

Referringto the drawings, 12 denotes the I bing connecting the shoulder straps and the] rear straps. The shoulder straps an d the rear straps are each formed from a strip of woven fabric consisting of two plies Y15 and 16 having inturned edges 17 ,the edges of p the upper ply being turned inward downwardly and the edges of the upper ply being turnedinwardupwardly so that when the said understood from Fig. 4, so that the cut ends of the'strip will be within the bodies of the pliesare stitched together the cut edges of straps, "and'the connected portions of these parts 1 will thus presenta finished appearance. The two-ply strip comprising eachof the strap portions offthe suspenders is attached to the connectingstrip 14 near the middle of each ofsaid two-ply strips, and

inisuchia manner as to extend transversely .of said connecting strip, and the parts of each of said strapsoutside of the points of attachment to the said connecting strip are :90 foldedin one onto the other in such a'manner as to have crossing'portionslwhich are f stitchedtogether at theircrossing parts, so

as tomaintain them in crossed position.

, In forming atwo-ply folded strip which is to constitute astrap portion "of the suspender, by the useof the folding attachment shown and described inmy application above referred to, one endof the'said folded striphas an end 18 of the back strap or an end of the shoulder strap which will be finished, owing to. the fact that the strip has been doubled upon itself, and the other end portions ofsaid straps, asan end portionQO" of a back strap and an. end' portion 21 of a shoulder strap, I may be finished by turning in the ends of the plies at these pointsbe forestitching. down the ends of the two-ply strip; and if it be desired to provide reinforced parts in which buttonholes may be formed the buttonhole ends may be turned in to a distance sufiicient to provide reinforced parts of the length of the buttonholes, as denoted in Fig. 3, but for the turned-in end portions, 21, of the shoulder straps, which are to be used in connection with a buckle, only short turned-in portions will be necessary.

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Suspenders comprising shoulder straps and rear straps and a connecting strip of Webbing, each of the strap portions of said suspenders consisting of a single two-ply strip of material with stitched-down inturned edges, said strap portions being stitched to said connecting strip at'or near the middle parts of said strap portions, and the two outwardly extending parts of each of said strap portions being crossed one upon the other and stitched down in crossed positions.

2. Suspenders comprising shoulder straps and rear straps. and a connecting strip of webbing, each of the strap portions of said suspenders consisting of a single two-ply strip of material with stitched-down inturned edges, said strap portions being stitched to said connecting strip at or near the middle parts of said strap portions, and the two outwardly extending parts of each of said strap portions being crossed one upon the other and stitched down in crossed positions, the said connecting strip being attached to said strap portions by being stitched in between the inturned edges of the two plies of the said strap portions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HOLTZMANN.

Witnesses LoUIs A. HAZARD, ROLAND H. HURST.

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